Kevin Liu is a multi-disciplinary designer skilled in product/UX design, front-end dev, and physical architecture.

Digital Experiences

Designs existing primarily on digital devices.
Works include user experience & interface projects, focused on human-centred design.

  • Building a design system for travelling the stars. Shuddle & Wayfinder Design System Project. An image of a planet in space is shown.

    Wayfinder Design System

    Building a design system for travelling the stars.

    dev / product / systems
    2023
    12 min

  • Intersection Music

    A collection of music festival and band websites, built on the Kirby CMS framework.

    dev / product
    2023
    5 min

  • Timesheet Management

    Improving product setup & administrative control for timesheet & attendance users.

    product
    2023
    6 min
  • Improving Benefits Open Enrollment Project. A sample screen of the web app is shown.

    Benefits Open Enrollment

    Improving the open enrollment experience for employees.

    product
    2022
    8 min
  • Building resources for Canadian rewards points collectors - Miles & Points Canada project. An image of an infographic is shown.

    Miles & Points

    Building resources for airline rewards collectors.

    brand / product
    2022
    6 min
  • Redesigning a home services landing page project. A sample webpage snippet is shown.

    Home Services Landing Page

    Redesigning a home services site to increase conversion.

    product
    2021
    7 min
  • Creating smart mindmaps project. An image of an editor window is shown.

    Creating Smart Mindmaps

    A suite of features to improve mind map diagramming.

    product
    2021
    12 min
  • Routine: Commute Flexibly project. A phone is shown with options for allowing a user to compare transportation routes and times.

    Routene.

    Optimizing your commute options with multi-modal planning.

    brand / product / systems
    2021
    15 min
  • Syze app project. An phone is shown with scanned measurements of a person.

    Syze

    Getting the perfect clothing fit on e-commerce stores with 3D LiDAR.

    product
    2020
    6 min
  • Amazon subscribe and save heuristic evaluation & redesign project. Sample screenshots of an improved Amazon mobile app are shown.

    Amazon Subscribe & Save Redesign

    Increasing Subscribe & Save conversion through heuristic analysis.

    product / systems
    2020
    6 min

Objects and Installations

Designs with a focus on physical production, material exploration, and bridging physical & digital technologies.

  • A disassembled 65% keyboard designed by KL called Athene resting on a table.

    Athene Keyboard

    Custom designed 67-key mechanical keyboard featuring CNC aluminum case & drop-in PCB.

    build / dev / product
    2020
    7 min
  • A food menu placed on a marble surface project.

    Brand Works Vol. 1

    Various branding & graphic designs work from 2014 to 2018.

    brand
    2014-2018
    3 min
  • A image of large light and fabric art installations in a dark room project.

    Somnium

    A dreamlike sensory experience for Nuit Blanche.

    arch / audio / build / dev
    2016
    7 min
  • A large head of Vincent Van Gogh made out of canned food project.

    Hunger Can Gogh

    Vincent Van Gogh’s Self Portrait, rendered in 3326 cans for charity.

    arch / build
    2019
    3 min
  • A large installation made of pieces of fabric strung up into a tree shape in an art gallery project.

    Arborescent

    Art installation focused on the reuse and repurposing of byproduct materials for the Design.TO festival.

    arch / audio / build
    2020
    3 min
  • A close-up photo of interconnected caltrop-shaped metal project.

    Thornshell

    Computational design & metal fabrication object with parametric software.

    arch / build
    2011
    3 min

Space and Architecture

Designs focused on creating a sense of place or belonging. Ideas range from theoretical futures to built environments.

  • A birds eye x-ray overview of a large building complex project.

    Suncheon Art Platform

    Modern art pavilion & exhibition space with traditional influences - bridging the Old and New.

    arch
    2016
    7 min
  • A rendering of a wooden A-frame building located in the forest project.

    AERE / House In Forest

    A peaceful forest sanctuary for weary souls.

    arch
    2017
    3 min
  • A rendering of a interior retail storefront project.

    Arch Works Vol. 1

    A collection of various architectural work, completed between 2016 to 2018.

    arch
    2016-2018
    3 min
  • A night-time rendering of a large retail mall entrance project.

    Lawrence Square

    Commercial retail redevelopment project for a large Toronto shopping centre.

    arch
    2015
    4 min
  • A day-time rendering of a mall entrance project.

    Tanger Outlets Cookstown

    Commercial retail expansion for a large shopping centre in Orillia, ON.

    arch
    2014
    6 min
  • A rendering of a dimmed conference room with a projector casting a presentation graphic project.

    Workspace New York

    A boutique Manhattan co-working space with vintage sensibilities.

    arch
    2012
    3 min
  • A rendering of a large glass terminal situated by the riverside project.

    Manhattan Transport Hub

    Designing for New York City's transportation resilience in the year 2100 due to rising sea levels.

    arch
    2011
    2 min
  • An axonometric cutaway section of a building project.

    Urban Hearth Chicago

    Experimental concept for how an urban incinerator may function within the heart of Chicago, IL.

    arch
    2010
    3 min
  • A physical model of a landscape project.

    Belle Isle Boat Park

    Boating training center and landscape park for regatta viewing on Belle Isle, MI.

    arch
    2010
    2 min
  • An axonometric drawing of a exploded window section project.

    Detroit Eco Office

    Sustainable net-zero building facade & systems design in Detroit, MI.

    arch
    2010
    3 min
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